Vase
A slender white parian porcelain vase with a fluted, flared mouth and a bulbous lower body. Molded relief blossoms, including full dahlia-like flowers, buds and leaves, climb the neck and cluster around the belly above a splayed foot. The unglazed surface gives the vase a soft, marble-like finish typical of Victorian parian wares.
Look closer: Small molded blossoms and buds rise along the upper neck, nearly the same white as the body.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1830–70
- Medium
- Parian porcelain
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 1535 × 2000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1870).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Charles W. Green, 1947